Blue Origin’s successful human spaceflight mission NS-30 and “the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from Space” – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00
NS-30 crew Blue Origin successfully completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Lane Bess, Jesús Calleja, Elaine Chia Hyde, Dr. Richard Scott, Tushar Shah, and an undisclosed sixth crew member. Lane flew for the second time, the fourth New Shepard customer to do so.
Hiltron’s latest-generation satellite communications products and services at GovSatCom 2025 – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00
Hiltron Communications will promote its latest additions to its range of satellite communication products, systems and supporting services at GovSatCom 2025. The event will be held at its usual location, the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, from Thursday February 27th through Friday 28th. Hiltron’s Field-Upgradable Motorization Kit for the CPI 2385 Satcom Antenna.
UPDATE SpaceX Starlink Group 12-13 smallsats including Direct to Cell moved to Wednesday night – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00
SpaceX is now targeting Wednesday, February 26 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff is targeted for 10:34 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 2:19 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 27. A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX.
SSC building ‘pathways to primes’ for subcontractors through first-time initiative – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00
U.S. Space Force’s Small Business Office hosted inaugural Sub-contracting Forum. Forum aimed at connecting small businesses with space and defense industry prime contractors. SSC manages a $15.6 billion acquisition budget, working in partnership with industry. SSC Small Business Office oversaw the award of contracts valued at almost $945 million in 2024.
Class Action against Terran Orbital updated – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00
Terran Orbital Corp. Is facing a Class Action brought by law firm Levi & Korsinsky. Lockheed Martin acquired Terran Orbital in October 2024, at — it is alleged — something of a knock-down price. The Action explains that LMT had offered only $0.25 per share for buying all of the outstanding shares of Terran Orbital.
NASA’s EZIE Launching to Study Magnetic Fingerprints of Earth’s Aurora
EZIE is the first mission dedicated exclusively to studying the auroral electrojets. Each EZIE spacecraft will map the electrojets to uncover their structure and evolution. The spacecraft will fly over the same region two to 10 minutes apart from one another, revealing how the electrojets change.
NASA: New Study on Why Mars Is Red Supports Potentially Habitable Past
Ferrihydrite forms in the presence of cool water, and at lower temperatures than other previously considered minerals, like hematite. This suggests that Mars may have had an environment capable of sustaining liquid water before it transitioned from a wet to a dry environment billions of years ago.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Uses Mars to Go the Distance
Mission controllers have performed three TCMs to set the stage for the Mars gravity assist. They will conduct another TCM about 15 days after the Mars flyby to ensure the spacecraft is on track. Scientists are looking forward to the event to take advantage of the close proximity to the Red Planet.
Launch Roundup: Starship, lunar lander, and telescope missions set for launch
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-24 23:03
The Intuitive Machines-2 (IM-2) mission will explore and analyze the Moon’s subsurface, testing new technologies and paving the way for future lunar missions. NASA is also set to launch its SPHEREx observatory, which will map hundreds of millions of galaxies to study the origins of the universe. SpaceX will launch two Starlink missions, and Starship’s eighth flight test could launch no earlier than Friday, pending regulatory approval.